Room For The Horizon

About this piece

Two white Adirondack chairs sit beneath a curved palm on a pale, rock-edged shore, facing blue water and a low green horizon. Strong sunlight defines the chairs and their shadows, while the palm’s diagonal sweep and a slender torch interrupt the broad horizontal bands of water and sky.

The story

November finds this shore bright with blue water and sharply drawn shadows. Two empty chairs hold their places beneath the palm, angled toward the distant strip of green. Small waves texture the water, and clouds soften the sky above them. The unlit torch waits beside the seats, a quiet reminder that this brightness will eventually give way to evening.